As I was leaving to meet Lynne,my roommate told me that I’d better take some money,but I didn’t listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she had invited me.

I arrived at the restaurant exactly on time. I’d been told that Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table in the corner of the restaurant and a waitress came and took our order. The dinner was a great success. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours the waitress finally came and asked if we wanted one check or two. Lynne said two. We went to the cashier and Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed (尷尬) when the cashier gave me my bill. I had no money to pay for my meal. Then I had an idea. I pretended to look for something in my pockets and said,“Oh!I forgot my money! Can I call my roommate,please?” The cashier showed me where the phone was and I quickly called my roommate.

In a few minutes he arrived with some money,but he couldn’t hide how he felt. He laughed all the way home.

Now,I think it’s funny too. But at the time I was terribly embarrassed. I thought that an invitation to have dinner meant the same thing in the United States as in my country. I guess you have to understand that your customs(習(xí)俗) are only your customs. When you visit a foreign country,you have to learn about their customs,too.

1.Customs can be ________in different countries according to this passage.

A.close to each other  B.entirely different    C.quite the same     D.very similar

2.The writer’s roommate advised the writer to take some money with him to________.

A.invite Lynne to dinner                    B.pay for the table

C.share the cost of the meal                 D.pay for the restaurant

3.The writer and Lynne________.

A.shared a successful dinner                B.had a talk for three hours

C.traveled to Saudi Arabia together           D.enjoyed their meal without talking

4.Why didn’t Lynne pay the check for the writer?

A.Because she thought it was natural for people to pay their own check.

B.Because she didn’t have the meal.

C.Because she wanted to embarrass the writer.

D.Because she didn’t have enough money with her.

5.The roommate laughed all the way home because the writer________.

A.was embarrassed when he couldn’t pay his breakfast

B.would not listen to him when he left the house

C.telephoned him to bring some books to him

D.hadn’t told Lynne the truth

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文通過作者自己被邀請(qǐng)去吃飯,但是最后自己付了自己的那一份錢的親身經(jīng)歷告訴我們不同的國家有不同的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣,我們要遵守這些不同的風(fēng)俗。

1.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段內(nèi)容可知在作者認(rèn)為誰邀請(qǐng)朋友吃飯就應(yīng)該由誰付錢。但是在美國實(shí)際的情況并非如此。原因就在于風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣的差異。所以說在不同的國家,風(fēng)俗是不一樣的。故B正確。

2.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章1,2行As I was leaving to meet Lynne,my roommate told me that I’d better take some money,but I didn’t listen to him.說明他讓我?guī)уX給自己付賬,故C正確。

3.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段In a few minutes he arrived with some money,We went to the cashier and Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed (尷尬) when the cashier gave me my bill. 可知我們是各自付自己的帳的,故A正確。

4.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第2段第6行Lynne said two. We went to the cashier and Lynne paid her check.說明他直接付了自己的錢而沒有付我的,這是他們的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣,各自付賬。故A正確。

5.B 推理題。我的室友一直在笑是因?yàn)槲覜]有聽取他的建議,因?yàn)樵谖恼碌谝欢嗡妥屛規(guī)уX,我卻沒有聽取他的建議。故B正確。

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點(diǎn)評(píng):作者通過自己的經(jīng)歷告訴我們不同的國家有不同的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主,細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文,找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子,再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比,找出答案。

 

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